Some time ago, I was privy to more private information about a girl whose name I don’t know than many of my close friends, simply because I was sitting near her on a train. I was certain that the conversation she was having with her friends would yield many a (sex)uality column due to the…
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Describe your sound in five words or less. Music for the curious souls. Was there a particular moment or artist that made you want to pursue music when you were growing up? Who were your early influences? Early early were Cat Stevens, Van Morrison, Aretha Franklin, Carol King. I sound nothing like these people but…
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Having just released their fifth album, Dark Magic, Sand Pebbles are an enduring psych pop band. They have a member born in each decade between the ’50s and ’90s, with each bringing his own unique influence to the group’s sound. Lip chats to oldest member, Andrew Tanner! Can you tell me a bit about how…
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My first introduction to lip was on myspace, which should give you some idea of just how long ago it was. Someone had commented on another magazine’s page urging everyone to check out this “lip magazine” and I actually can’t remember what I thought of it. At the time, I was in the mindset that…
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I first saw Dirty Dancing at the age of 10, courtesy of my aunt (when I think about it, this is actually a bit of a cliché; my aunt is gorgeous, awesome, happily unmarried, and probably the reason why ‘spinster’ being used as an insult completely flew over my head). I loved it from the…
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My parents were into vaccinations. I’m up to date with every shot I “should’ve” had since my birth. And until I heard about the Hepconcert taking place in Sydney on October 9, I hadn’t thought about hepatitis B or C since I got my “Hep B? Not me!” vaccine in high school. And yet, almost…
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Describe your sound in five words or less. Soulful, Jazzy, Rock driven Pop. Was there a particular moment or artist that made you want to pursue music when you were growing up? Who were your early influences? Music has been a founding part of my life. Both of my parents were musicians and teachers and…
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Like feminists and religious folk, vegetarians tend to get an unfairly bad reputation (those extremists ruining it for the rest of us, yet again). Tell someone you’re a vegetarian and they immediately start qualifying why they’re not, with each excuse just as tired as the last. Although I’ve been a vegetarian (to various degrees and…
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Folktronic might seem like a contradiction, but when you hear the songs from newcomer, Caitlin Park’s debut album, Milk Annual, you realise what kind of music perfectly fits the genre. With an impressive list of collaborators, including Australia’s own lovely Holly Throsby, and samples throughout the record to tickle your fancy and your imagination, lip…
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You know the feeling. They look your way; maybe they wink or smile. Maybe they’re on the other end of the bar, or across the table from you at dinner, or cuddling you on a couch. You bite your lip, knowing that you’re thinking the same thing. Your muscles relax slightly, in anticipation of the…
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Inhabiting a world of chopped-up beats, DJ Screw-style warptronics, and eerie drones, Amanda Brown’s latest musical project, LA Vampires, is getting quite a bit of attention! And thanks to The Workers Club, lip has a double pass (with a free drink on entry!) to give away to the Melbourne LA Vampires show next Friday September…
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Pretty much every journalist for a women’s publication in the past couple of years has asked Katy Perry how she tamed Russell Brand. And pretty much every journalist for a women’s publication has been met with the same response: Perry’s insistence that she didn’t tame the former sex addict, but rather that she met him…
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Channelling that quintessential two-piece garage psych rock sound, The Faults have recently had their single, ‘Quarter’, released through General Pants Co. Major Label, and have played a smattering of shows around Sydney. The duo chatted to lip about modest childhood dreams and, of course, rock ‘n’ roll. Describe your sound in five words or less….
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Recently I’ve been reading a lot of blog posts and articles written by women who are far braver than I am. Of particular note was this one, which I am not going to explain any further than saying that you ought to read it. It linked me to this article, which completely reframed how I…
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